# Portenta Cat. M1 GNSS need only GPS

**URL:** <https://forum.arduino.cc/t/portenta-cat-m1-gnss-need-only-gps/1122620>\
**Category:** Portenta CAT.M1/NB IoT GNSS Shield\
**Created:** [May 3, 2023, 7:48am UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/portenta-cat-m1-gnss-need-only-gps/1122620 "2023-05-03T07:48:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![jaimelujan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@jaimelujan](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/jaimelujan)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2023, 7:48am UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/portenta-cat-m1-gnss-need-only-gps/1122620/1 "2023-05-03T07:48:15Z")

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Hello.  
I need to conect GPS without GSM, but in the example GNSS client doesn't work.  
Any Idea?  
Tanks.

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**Author:** ![PMarquinez](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/user_avatar/forum.arduino.cc/pmarquinez/32/942592_2.png) [@PMarquinez](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/PMarquinez)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 11:25am UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/portenta-cat-m1-gnss-need-only-gps/1122620/2 "2023-07-04T11:25:29Z")

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Hello!

At the moment GSM is required to use GPS.

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**Author:** ![petetheranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c37758/32.png) [@petetheranger](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/petetheranger)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 7:21am UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/portenta-cat-m1-gnss-need-only-gps/1122620/3 "2023-08-29T07:21:56Z")

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Is this likely to change? If so, then when?